Hi everyone, as the topic says, I'm having trouble figuring out why when I try to connect to a mysql database through a php script, I get an error message saying ~"Fatal error: there was an error loading php3_mysql.dll on line X" Now, before you tell me that I need to edit my php.ini file, I have already done that, every possible way including with and without spaces, trailing slash, no trailing slash, slashes going the other way, etc. The code I'm using to connect is a simple:

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$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root");

as well as

$db = mysql_real_connect("localhost", "root");
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With mysqld running and logged in of course. I also tried to use a script I found at phpbuilder.com that manually loads the dll but it gives me a "device attached to the system is not functioning properly" error. Here's the code for that.

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<?
// This script snippet is used because
// MySQL drivers does not seem to load,
// Therefore I use this included
// All it does is load the MySQL DLL file
// Jocke Selin (jocke@selincite.com)
// 1999-10-29
// Version 1.0.0.alpha
// Include it with this statement
// require("myloader.php3");
// Note that if your page will use
// HTTP header redirections, you
// Have to comment out the first print
// Statement (No output before header).

// The DLL file name
$MySQLModName = "php3_mysql.dll";

if (dl("$MySQLModName"))
{
Print("<!-- $MySQLModName Loaded! - MyLoader by Jocke Selin (jocke@selincite.com) -->");
}
else
{
Print("Failed To Load $MySQLModName !!");
}
?>
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If anyone knows any other way to trouble shoot this please let me know, have been pulling my hair out for 2 days because of it.


TIA,
Justin